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S. Li and Calhoun, B. H., “Sub-microAmp Energy Harvesting and Power Management Units for Self-Powered IoT SoCs: Analog vs. Digital Implementations”, in 2020 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), (invited paper), 2020.

S. Li and Calhoun, B. H., “A 745pA Hybrid Asynchronous Binary-Searching and Synchronous Linear-Searching Digital LDO with 3.8×105 Dynamic Load Range, 99.99% Current Efficiency, and 2mV Output Voltage Ripple”, in IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, 2019.

N. X. Liu, Agarwala, R., Dissanayake, A., Truesdell, D. S., Kamineni, S., Chen, X., Wentzloff, D. D., and Calhoun, B. H., “A 2.5 ppm/°C 1.05 MHz Relaxation Oscillator with Dynamic Frequency-Error Compensation and 8 µs Start-Up Time”, in IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), Dresden, Germany, 2018.

N. Liu and Calhoun, B. H., “Design Optimization of Register File Throughput and Energy using a Virtual Prototyping (ViPro) Tool”, in IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), 2016.

X. Liu, Agrawal, A., Tanaka, A., and Calhoun, B. H., “Distributed Energy Harvesting and Power Management Units for Self-Powered In-Fabric Sensing Networks”, 2024 IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), invited paper, 2024.

X. Liu, Kamineni, S., Breiholz, J., Calhoun, B. H., and Li, S., “A 194nW Energy-Performance-Aware IoT SoC Employing a 5.2nW 92.6% Peak Efficiency Power Management Unit for System Performance Scaling, Fast DVFS and Energy Minimization”, in IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2022.

A 194nW Energy-Performance-Aware IoT SoC Employing a 5.2nW 92.6% Peak Efficiency Power Management Unit for System Performance Scaling, Fa.pdf (4.4 MB)

N. X. Liu, Agarwala, R., Dissanayake, A., Truesdell, D. S., Kamineni, S., and Calhoun, B. H., “A 2.5 ppm/°C 1.05 MHz Relaxation Oscillator with Dynamic Frequency-Error Compensation and Fast Start-Up Time”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), 2019.

X. Liu, Calhoun, B. H., and Li, S., “A Sub-nW 93% Peak Efficiency Buck Converter with Wide Dynamic Range, Fast DVFS, and Asynchronous Load-Transient Control”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, (invited paper), 2022.

A SubnW 93 Peak Efficiency Buck Converter With Wide Dynamic Range Fast DVFS and Asynchronous Load Transient Control.pdf (3.94 MB)

X. Liu, Agrawal, A., Tanaka, A., and Calhoun, B. H., “A 6nA Fully-Autonomous Triple-Input Hybrid-Inductor-Capacitor Multi-Output Power Management System with Multi-Rail Energy Sharing, All-Rail Cold Startup, and Adaptive Conversion Control for mm-scale Distributed Systems”, in 2024 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2024.

A_6nA_Fully Autonomous_Triple-Input_Hybrid-Inductor-Capacitor_Multi-Output_Power_Management_System_with_Multi-Rail_Energy_Sharing_All-Rail_Cold_Startup_and_Adaptive_Conve.pdf (1.55 MB)

X. Liu, Truesdell, D. S., Faruqe, O., Parameswaran, L., Rickley, M., Kopanski, A., Cantley, L., Coon, A., Bernasconi, M., Wang, T., and Calhoun, B. H., “A Self-Powered SoC with Distributed Cooperative Energy Harvesting and Multi-Chip Power Management for System-in-Fiber”, in IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2023.

15.1_A_Self-Powered_SoC_with_Distributed_Cooperative_Energy_Harvesting_and_Multi-Chip_Power_Management_for_System-in-Fiber.pdf (1.51 MB)

X. Liu, Li, S., and Calhoun, B. H., “An 802pW 93% Peak Efficiency Buck Converter with 5.5×106 Dynamic Range Featuring Fast DVFS and Asynchronous Load-Transient Control”, in 2021 IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), 2021.

An 802pW 93% Peak Efficiency Buck Converter with 5.5×106 Dynamic Range Featuring Fast DVFS and Asynchronous Load-Transient Control.pdf (580.42 KB)

X. Liu, Truesdell, D. S., Faruqe, O., Parameswaran, L., Rickley, M., Kopanski, A., Cantley, L., Coon, A., Bernasconi, M., Wang, T., and Calhoun, B. H., “A 33nW Fully Autonomous SoC with Distributed Cooperative Energy Harvesting and Multi-Chip Power Management for mm-scale System-in-Fiber”, in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Invited paper, 2023.

A_33nW_Fully_Autonomous_SoC_with_Distributed_Cooperative_Energy_Harvesting_and_Multi-Chip_Power_Management_for_mm-scale_System-in-Fiber.pdf (16.09 MB)

X. Liu, Kamineni, S., Breiholz, J., Calhoun, B. H., and Li, S., “A Sub-µW Energy-Performance-Aware IoT SoC with a Triple-Mode Power Management Unit for System Performance Scaling, Fast DVFS, and Energy Minimization”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2024.

A_Sub-_mu_W_Energy-Performance-Aware_IoT_SoC_With_a_Triple_Mode_Power_Management_Unit_for_System_Performance_Scaling_Fast_DVFS_and_Energy_Minimization.pdf (7.38 MB)

X. Liu, Chen, Z., Mim, N. Gahan, Agrawal, A., and Calhoun, B. H., “A 1pJ/Bit Bypass-SPI Interconnect Bus with I2C Conversion Capability and 2.3nW Standby Power for Fabric Sensing Networks”, in 2023 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, 2023.

A 1pJbit Bypass-SPI Interconnect Bus with I2C Conversion Capability and 2.3nW Standby Power for Fabric Sensing Networks.pdf (2.54 MB)

P. Long, Huang, J. Z., Povolotskyi, M., Verreck, D., Charles, J., Kubis, T., Klimeck, G., Rodwell, M. J. W., and Calhoun, B. H., “A Tunnel FET Design for High-Current, 120 mV Operation”, in IEDM, 2016.

C. J. Lukas, Yahya, F. B., Breiholz, J., Roy, A., Chen, X., Patel, H. N., Liu, N. X., Kosari, A., Li, S., Kamakshi, D. Akella, Ayorinde, O., Wentzloff, D. D., and Calhoun, B. H., “A 1.02 μW Battery-Less, Continuous Sensing and Post-Processing SiP for Wearable Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2019.

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C. J. Lukas, Yahya, F. B., and Calhoun, B. H., “Modeling Trans-threshold Correlations for Reducing Functional Test Time in Ultra-Low Power Systems”, in 2017 IEEE International Test Conference (ITC), Fort Worth, TX, USA, 2017.

C. J. Lukas and Calhoun, B. H., “A 0.38 pJ/bit 1.24 nW Chip-to-Chip Serial Link for Ultra-Low Power Systems”, in International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Lisbon, 2015.

C. J. Lukas, Yahya, F. B., and Calhoun, B. H., “An Ultra-low Power System On Chip Enabling DVS with SR Level Shifting Latches”, in IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Florence, Italy, 2018.

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A. Mallick, Bashar, M. K., Truesdell, D. S., Calhoun, B. H., Joshi, S., and Shukla, N., “Using synchronized oscillators to compute the maximum independent set”, Nature Communications, 2020.

A. Mallick, Bashar, M. Khairul, Truesdell, D. S., Calhoun, B. H., Joshi, S., and Shukla, N., “Graph Coloring using Coupled Oscillator-based Dynamical Systems”, in 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2021.

R. W. Mann, Wang, J., Nalam, S., Khanna, S., Braceras, G., Pilo, H., and Calhoun, B. H., “Impact of circuit assist methods on margin and performance in 6T SRAM”, Journal of Solid State Electronics, vol. 54, pp. 1398-1407, 2010.

R. W. Mann, Hook, T. B., Nguyen, P., and Calhoun, B. H., “Non-Random Device Mismatch Considerations in Nanoscale SRAM”, IEEE Transactions of VLSI Systems (TVLSI), 2011.

R. Mann and Calhoun, B., “New category of ultra-thin notchless 6T SRAM cell layout topologies for sub-22nm”, in ISQED, 2011.

B. H. Meyer, Skadron, K., George, N., Calhoun, B. H., and Lach, J., “Reducing the Cost of Redundant Execution in Safety-Critical Systems using Relaxed Dedication”, in Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), 2011.

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